Wisconsin Maritime Museum

Indian Queen (Steamer, 1844)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Indian Queen
Year of Build:
1844
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Buffalo, New York
Vessel Type:
Steamer
Hull Materials:
Wood
Builder Name:
J. W. Banta and Bidwell
Ownership Notes:
Starin, Sylvester, (1844);
Power
Number of Masts:
1 (1844)
Hull Dimensions
1844
Length: 100' 9" Width/Beam: 15' Depth: 7' 4"
Tonnage
1844
Gross: 112 + 5/95
Enrollments/Registration
May 24, 1844
   Port: Buffalo Number: 32 of 1844
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Buffalo 8-17-1846
View document online
August 17, 1846
   Port: Buffalo Number: 55 of 1846
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 5-00-1847
View document online

Next document: (Vessel Lost 11-19-1846)
History
Classification:
a. Steamer, Indian Queen (1844-1846)
Nationality:
American (1844-1846)
Chronology:
1. 10/18/1844, Sturgeon Point, Lake Erie, ashore and released;
2. 11/19/1846, Battery Point, Dunkirk, Lake Erie, ashore and sank, hull broke in two, (16 lives lost);
3. 11/28/1846, engine and fixtures were salvaged, The hull was then abandoned;
Notes
General notes:
She was lost in 1846;
Sources:
1. Master Abstracts: Buffalo, New York;
2. Enrollment: Buffalo, New York;
3. Cleveland Plain Dealer: 3/31/1847;
4. Merchant Steam Vessels of the United States, 1790-1868; (The Lytle-Holdcamper List);
5. John Poole's notes;
Contact
Contact
Wisconsin Maritime Museum
Email:[email protected]
Website:
https://www.wisconsinmaritime.org/

Agency street/mail address:
75 Maritime Dr.
Manitowoc, WI,54220
920-684-0218




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